Opiona is a genus of millipedes in the family Caseyidae. There are about 16 described species in Opiona.[1][2][3][4]
| Opiona | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Family: | Caseyidae |
| Genus: | Opiona Chamberlin, 1951 |
Species
editThese 16 species belong to the genus Opiona:
- Opiona berryessae Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona bifurcata Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona casualis Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona columbiana Chamberlin, 1951
- Opiona communis Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona confusa Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona distincta Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona exigua Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona facetia Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona fisheri Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona goedeni Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona gonopods
- Opiona graeningi
- Opiona hatchi Causey, 1954
- Opiona scytonotoides Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona siliquae Causey, 1963
References
edit- ^ "Opiona Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Opiona". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Opiona genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
edit- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
- Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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